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flownosaj said:
What's the comparitive brightness between the standard Arc AAA and the new LS AAA. Although I know the sandwich should be brighter, how about the LS AAA vs a BB or MM sandwich. What about run-time?
-Jason
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There is a beam comparism between Arc AAA and the LS mod. The LS mod is brighter over-all, but lacks the focused hot spot. It is more for close-up jobs. The color is much better than the bluish white of a typical Nichia, and you won't see any irregular colored dots in the beam.
As for BB/MM, they are in two totally different catagories. One is driven by two AA's at 500+ mA, one is driven by a single AAA at about 350mA. The difference in driving current and brightness level is quite large.
Run time should be comparable to the original Arc AAA, as their battery draw is similar.